Pickering
Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire, England, on the boundary of the North York Moors National Forest. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it rests at the foot of the moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south. According to tale the town was founded by King Peredurus around 270 BC; nevertheless, the town as it exists today is of middle ages origin. The tale has it that the king shed his ring and also accused a young maiden of taking it, however later on that day the ring was located in a pike captured in the River Costa for his supper. The king was so happy to discover his ring he married the young maiden; the name Pike-ring altered for many years to Pickering. It is a nice story told to fit the name, yet it is not the origin. Pickering is believed to be named after the fans of an Anglian man named Picer or some such personal name-- the Picer-ingas. The traveler venues of Pickering Parish Church, with its middle ages wall paints, Pickering Castle, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and also Beck Isle Museum have made Pickering preferred with site visitors. Neighboring places consist of Malton, Norton-on-Derwent and Scarborough.